Hi Brian, Sadly the Island is no longer inhabited. Up to only a few years the late Casey brothers still lived there. The McCrohans moved to Valentia Island (the bigger island next door) a number of decades ago - I just can't recall the date at the minute. There is still one family of McCrohans living on Valentia. If you'd like some specific information mail me and I'll try to find it out for you. Tabhair Aire John

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Posted:
Sun Jan 04, 2004 6:48 am

Hi, Yes, there is 1 family of McCrohans on Valentia - my cousins. My father was born on Valentia Island. My grandmother was an O'Conell born on Beginis. Gerry

pg17Newbie

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Posted:
Mon Aug 08, 2016 11:46 am

gershin wrote:

Hi, Yes, there is 1 family of McCrohans on Valentia - my cousins. My father was born on Valentia Island. My grandmother was an O'Conell born on Beginis. Gerry

Hello Gershin - my grandfather was Michael W O'Connell born on Beginish in 1897. I am sure you know there were 3 O'Connell families as well as the McCrohan and Casey families living on Beginish at the time of the 1901 and 1911 censuses.

Do you know from which of the 3 O'Connell families (all were related as far as I know) your grandmother came? What was her name and what was her husbands name ?

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Posted:
Mon Jul 03, 2017 3:40 pm

Hello Gerry

You wrote in the McCrohan.net forum in 2004
Hi, Yes, there is 1 family of McCrohans on Valentia - my cousins. My father was born on Valentia Island. My grandmother was an O'Conell born on Beginis. Gerry

Last August, I found your post and replied
Hello Gershin - my grandfather was Michael W O'Connell born on Beginish in 1897. I am sure you know there were 3 O'Connell families as well as the McCrohan and Casey families living on Beginish at the time of the 1901 and 1911 censuses.

Do you know from which of the 3 O'Connell families (all were related as far as I know) your grandmother came? What was her name and what was her husbands name ?

Since then I found from the civil and church records that the 5 families living on Begnis in the 1910s were related.

I think your grandparents must have been Timothy McCrohan b 1889 and Hannah O’Connell b 1891 who married in 1920. I am compiling a family tree and would love to have your help to add their descendants.